At least 14 of democratic voters however declared themselves to be uncommitted, not favouring any candidate. This is seen as strong pushback to biden from key demographics that he might need to win the state again progressives, voters of color, and arab and muslim voters concerned by his stance on the the israel gaza war. Activists in the state had been organising to send President Biden a message no ceasefire, no vote, and encouraged voters to select the uncommitted option instead of the president s name. The Biden Campaign released a statement, but didnt mention theissue statement, but didnt mention the issue of a ceasefire. The group which urged democrats to vote uncommitted, released a statement, listen to michigan saying see you there, it says. The movement has wide ranging endorsements including congresswoman rashida tlaib, who posted this earlier. I was proud today to walk in and pull a democratic ballot and vote uncommitted. We must protect our democracy. We must make sure that
the defence secretary grant shapps said the royal navy is working on a new dragonfire laser weapon to complement its existing weaponry, the sea viper air defence system. that s to be upgraded with a new warhead and software to counter ballistic missile threats. here s grant shapps. we have, for example, the largest ships that we have ever put to sea in the aircraft carriers. i toss it off, i think, 13 frigates and destroyers which are under commission at the moment. we are modernising the navy, going throughjust massive through just massive capitalisation programme and just this morning, for example, i have been on x, twitter, yesterday, the results of a new weapon which is a laser weapon called dragonfire, capable of doing what those men and women on hms diamond have been doing, with the sea viper missile system, and doing it with a labour laser instead to bring down incoming so the technology is also moving on very fast, as well as the investment. economists have warned
not default in 11 days when the u.s. government runs out of money and is unable to pay its bills. we have team coverage of all of these new developments. phil mattingly is in japan at the g7 summit. let s begin with melanie in washington, d.c. help us understand where things stand. is the president optimistic? reporter: what i would say is the talks have not blown up completely yet but they are hanging by a thread. after a weekend of rejected offers, installed talks, the negotiators were really looking for a much-needed reset and they may have gotten it in that phone call today between speaker mccarthy and president biden. they talked a little bit about biden s trip but most importantly they agreed to meet one on one tomorrow, while staff will resume negotiations later tonight. here s a little bit more about what mccarthy said. i believe it was a productive phone call. so at the end of the phone call what we agreed to do is we re going to have patrick mchenry get back tog
2016 campaign and russia, special counsel john durham released his findings yesterday, a 300-page report. and in it, durham, who was first appointed by that attorney general william barr in 2019, accuses the bureau of acting negligently but did not reveal any bombshells, as many republicans had long claimed he would. durham found no evidence the justice department and the fbi conspired in a deep state plot to investigate trump s ties to russia in 2016. in addition, durham did not recommend any wholesale changes at the fbi. the special counsel also appears to relitigate two of the cases he lost that went to trial, in which he brought criminal charges. the durham report has been contradicted by two of the reports, including one released in 2020 by the republican-led senate intelligence committee. the committee s report as well as one from the justice department watchdog found the fbi s investigation with some laws but warranted. and said the trump campaign closed a counter inte
immigration plan has been working. and the pentagon is telling us tonight that using active duty troops instead of the national guard will not affect readiness. i think we ll see these troops arrive as early as may 10th. pete: that s despite recent claims the border is secure. you said yesterday when it comes to illegal migration, have you seen it come down by more than 90%. where did that number come from? i was speaking. peter: cbp says the answer 156,000 people morphos call year so far. i will answer you if the dramatics come down a little bit. if the dramatics. peter: what s dramatic about asking a question about. okay. i m going to answer. i was speaking to the parolee program. peter: pentagon says troops will be armed for self-defense not law enforcement. laying out their mission like. this fill critical capability gaps. ground based detection and monitoring. data entry. and warehouse support. as the pentagon preps for a migrant surge, lawmakers are